January 12, 2012

Dear Omaha Firefighters,

I want to write to you personally to share a few very important thoughts about the condition and the position your union finds itself in today.

As you know, I have been very outspoken about what I believe has been major wrongdoing within both the firefighters union and the fire [...]

OmahaAlliance.com readers:  Notice that the early retirement “epidemic” plagues unwary cities who do not pay attention to the well-constructed labor trap of agreeing to these early retirements for police and fire personnel.  Unfortunately, many cities, like Omaha under recent regimes, fell for these “sweetheart deals” during negotiations.  The net result of these early retirements is the cost [...]

Mayor wants fingerprint time clocks at Cleveland firehouses
Move follows internal city audit that found some city firefighters collected pay for hours they didn’t work

By Dave Davis
The Plain Dealer

Expert Analysis

Clocking in: A sign of changing times
By Adam K. Thiel

While I think it is uncommon, although certainly not unheard of, for firefighters to formally clock in and [...]

LECLAIR vs. NABITY
and OMAHAALLIANCE.COM SETTLE LAWSUIT

December 2, 2011

By now, news outlets have released information about the settlement reached in the above-captioned lawsuit.  Below are various statements either entered into by the parties or released from party representatives.  As usual, opponents of Dave Nabity and the OmahaAlliance.com accuse private citizens, like Dave Nabity and our organization, [...]

Be Careful What You Ask For

By Tristan Bonn

Maybe this happens to you:  in the morning, I pick up the paper to read and on one side of the page some state or local agency is asking for money – to improve security, or hire more workers, or build a new building or what [...]

The Time for Change Is Now

By Tristan Bonn

Even if you are not a “watchdog,” in fact, if you are just “watching,” the recent local headlines about state and local governmental agencies is, well, just appalling.  Glance at most any news report in the past six weeks or so and you would discover the following:

-  After years of [...]

October 5, 2011
OPS Administration in need of reform
Jordan Cash

OPS Administration in need of reform
By Jordan Cash

The rift within the Omaha School Board over decision making, along with a series of fiscal and administrative blunders and consistently low test scores have made it abundantly clear that the Omaha Public Schools system is not working as it [...]

It should be coming increasingly clear by now that public sector employee unions have and believe their interests
exceed taxpayers’.  This agonizing recession, where hard-working middle class people are beaten down by
corporate cronyism and union welfare, has laid bare the greed and excesses of public employee unions.
Their salaries, benefits, pensions, working hours, days off, vacations, and more [...]

CAN’T WAIT FOR SUPERMAN

By the
OmahaAlliance.com Board

Recently, John Mackiel announced his retirement as OPS superintendent.  A week later, OPS released its worst test
scores in 18 years.  Coincidence?  Who knows? Whether you loved or hated Mackiel, no Superman is going to fix OPS no matter who you hire next, no matter how long you wait, and no [...]

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